William vogel



(No Model.)

W. VOGEL.

` BROILER. 180.887,88@I al 8 Patented Aug. 7, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM VOGEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE VOGEL PETROLEUM HEATING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BROILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,609, dated August 7, 1888.

Application filed November 11, 1886.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM VOGEL, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broilers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ro of this specification.

'This invention relates to a novel broiler or device for cooking meats or other articles of food by the direct action of radiated heat, such device being more especially adapted 'for il; use in connection with burners using liquid or gaseous fuel.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

The device herein illustrated as embodying my invention is shown as applied to a cooking-stove provided with a burner for liquid fuel, such as is illustrated in another application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 218,518, 2 5 filed by me simultaneously herewith. Said broiler consists in its essential features of a plate or casting of thin metal, over or against one side of which the ilame from a burner is caused to pass, the plate being held or sustained in a position convenient for the holding of an article to be broiled near its surface.

One form of the device herein illustrated is provided with a plate of relatively thin metal, which plate is supported in a frame which is provided with parts or plates forming a passage by which the flame and heated products of combustion from the burner are carried along and against the undersurface of the said plate, whereby the latter may be retained at a 4.o temperature suitable for cooking by direct radiation.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a broiling device embodying my invention, together with parts of a stove adjacent thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken upon line x x of Fig.

1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the broiling device shown in Figs. l and 2.

The broiler shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3 com- Serial No. 218,520. (No model.)

- Said casting B is provided with a central opening, within which the plate A is held, and the casting is provided at the margin of said opening adjacent to the front of the stove with a depending plate or flange, B', and at each end of the opening with similar iianges, B2, said flanges being constructed to extend downwardly through the hole at the top of the stove when the plate is resting thereon. The plate A is preferably arranged in an inclined position sloping from the front to the rear of the frame, and is attached at its ends to the flanges B2 B2, and at its side adjacent to the front of the opening in the plate B is arranged to rest upon or against said plate B, the inclination of the plate `A being sufficient to bring its rear edge considerably below the under surface of the plate B. Any ange upon the casting B corresponding with the flange B is absent at the rear edge of said plate A, so as to leave a passage both above and below the rear margin of the said plate at this point. Beneath and parallel with the plate A is arranged another plate, C, adapted to form with the said plate A a passage,throug`h which products of combustion are caused to pass, and by which they are retained in contact with the under surface of said plate A.

D is a hood extending over the plate A, formed by vertical end walls, D D', and a curved plate, Dextending from the rear part of the casting B upwardly and forwardly to a point over the front edge of the plate A, thereby forming a recess or chambcr,open at its front side, into which the broiler or implement E, for holding the food to be cooked, may be inserted. At the rear or inner side of the hood Da passage, d, is formed between the top of 95 the plate A and the lower edge of the plate D, through which all fumes or odors caused by the cooking are drawn, and from which they pass to the smoke-pipe of the stove. As herein illustrated,the walls D' D and D?, forming the roo hood D,are east integral with the plateB and with each other; but the hood may be otherwise made as found convenient or desirable.

The stove herein shown is one of familiar form, and embraces a top plate, F, vertical front and side walls, F' F2 F, an inner walhF, dividing the fire-chamber from the oven, and an upper wall, Fi, attached at its front margin to the wall F3 and forming the top of the oven. rlhe said wall F11 and the top plate, F, of the stove form the horizontal passage G, through which the products of combustion pass from the fire to the exit orsmoke pipe.

His a horizontal plate, forming part of an oileburner such as is shown in said prior application above referred to, said plate being provided with a central opening,h, through which pass products of combustion from a burner,as fully set forth in the said prior application.

I is a sliding damper, arranged to close the said opening /1 and provided with a rack, i, engaging` a toothed pinion, i', upon the shalt I', arranged to extend at one end through the side wall of the stove and provided with a hand-wheel, Ias also described in the said application above referred to.

lThe broiling device shown in Figs. il, 2, and 3 is more particnlarl y constructed and adapted for use in connection with a stove provided with a burner ofthe kind illustrated, the inclined plate C being adapted t0 meet at its lower or rear edge a part or projection upon the plate I-I, so as to prevent the passage ofthe heated products of combustion from the opening to the smoke-pipe of the stove otherwise than around the front edge of the said plate C and between the platesA and C in the manner indicated by the arrows in said Fig. l. To prevent the said products of combustion escaping otherwise than through the passage between the said plates A and C, the depend ing flanges B B are provided at their lower edges with a vertioally-movable platqB", which extends around the said flanges B BAl at the front and ends or the broiling device, and is adj ustably held in place by bolts Z b, passing through vertical slots in one or both of said parts, to enable the said plate B3 to be vertically adjusted to bring its lower edge in contact with the plate II.

In the particular construction herein shown, embracing a sliding plate or damper, I, for closing the exit-opening 7i of the burner, the plate C is constructed to engage thetop surface of the said damper near the middle of thelatter, so that the said damper forms a continuation ofthe plate C. In applying the broiler embracing said plate() to other forms of burners, however, a suitable connection between the plate C and the plate Il', or part corresponding therewith,wil1 be otherwisc1nadc,as found convenient or desirable.

The plate A is fpreferably corrugated or provided with grooves or channels running from front to rear, so that fluid dropping from the article being` cooked will run oli at the rear edge of the plate. The said plate A is also dcsirably provided at its iront edge with an aperturcd part or flange, a, all'ording a rest for the handle of the implement lll, as clearly indicated in Fig. l.

aa indicate handles, which may be con Venicnlly attached at the end portion ol' the plate Il, to enable the enti re device to be readily removed from the stove when desired.

In the operation ot' theln'oiler made as above described and shown the dailies and heated products of combustion passing from the burner upwardly through the exitaperture l1, thereof will pass around tlip forward edge of the plate C, and then back along thclower su rface of the plate B, and will make their exit through the passage (l to the sniohepipe ol' the stove or range. The said plate ll will be made oiV- relatively thin metal, so that it may become quickly heated by the contact of the flame therewith to a degree sulllcicnt to cook meat or other articles of food held over it, the plate being heated to rednessi n case th isamou nt of heat is found desirable or necessary.

I have herein shown a device embracing my invention as applied to an oil-burning device; but it is entirely obvious that a broiliug apparatns similarly constructed may be employed in connection with a gasburner, or that any other burner or heating device affording a flame which will pass along or in contact with the plate I3, so as to heat the latter to a degree suilicicnt for cooking or broiling by the direct radiation of heat therefrom, may be used.

In the particular construction of thebroiler herein illustrated the passage for confining the llames from the burner along the under side oi' the plate A. is formed partially by the plate (l and partially by the movable plate L and the top plat-e, Il, of the burner. ln carrying ont the main fez'tlnres of 'my invention, however, the llames and products oi' combustion may beheld in contact with the bottoni ol1 the plate A by means of parts or plates constructed and supported otherwise than in the particular manner shownmas, l'or instance, the plate C mayetvtend to or nearly to therear edge of the plate A.

l claim as my inventionl. rlhe combi nation, with an. oil-burner, of a broiler comprising a thin impcrl'orate metal plate7 a frame or casting supporting said plate and forming a closed chamber located over the burner, and a dellectii'ig wall or walls lo cated beneath the said plate and forming therewith a shallow passage beneath the said plate, said passage having an inlctopening for the products ol" combustion at one side ol' the plate and an exit-openingat the other side ofthe said plate, whereby the heated products of combustion are confined adjacent to and caused to pass over the under surface of said plate in close contact therewith, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a stove compris` ing a top plate, F, provided with a hole, j', for cooking utensils, and a burner comprising a horizontal plate, lll., provided with an opeu- IOO IIO

ing, 7L, forming the exit-passage of the burner, of a broiler comprising a centrally-apertured plate, B, iitted to rest at its edges upon the top plate, F, of the stove, and provided With 5 depending flanges B B2, engaging the top surface of the said plate H, au inclined plate, A, located in the central opening of the said plate B, and a plate, C, sustained below the said plate A, substantially as described.

1o 3. The combination, With the plate B, provided with the depending iianges B B, and the inclined plate A, of the movable plates or iianges B3, adjustably attached to said flanges B B2, substantially as described.

:5 4. The combination, with a stove having an opening,f, in its top for cooking utensils, and an oil-burner within the stove, of a broiler comprising a thin imperforate plate, A, a frame or casting surrounding and supporting` zo said plate A, said frame or casting being provided with depending Walls or iianges, forming, With the parts of the burner, a closed chamber receiving the products of combustion from the burner, and a hood, D, extending over the plate A, and provided at its lower 25 rear side with an opening, d, communicating with the smoke-exit pipe of the stove,substan tially as described.

5. The combination, with the plate A of a broiler and Walls directing the flame from a 3o burner'against the lower surface of said plate, of an upturned flange, a, at the forward edge of the plate, substantially as described.

In testimonyr that I claim the foregoing as m'y invention I affix my signature in presence of 35 two Witnesses.

VILLIAM VOGEL.

ilitliesses:

C. CLARENCE POOLE, CHARLES T. LORING. 

